Founder

Being a serial entrepreneur from 1991, Mr Chandrakant Salunkhe has founded various organisations to support SMEs,
Young Entrepreneurs and Start-ups for business growth, export promotion, imparting knowledge & education for
transformation of their business activity, capacity building for global competitiveness, interface with policy
makers, channelise finance & investment, joint ventures, technology transfer, setting up industries and expansion
and diversification of business activities in India and Overseas.

Mr Salunkhe has been instrumental for policy change and policy implementation and taken an initiative to
enhance banking finance to SME sector, advocacy for setting up SME Stock Exchange, National Skill Development
Corporation, TReDS – Electronic platform for Trade Receivables, inclusion of SME sector for providing level
playing field in ease of doing business facilities, identification of emerging export market for SMEs and
advance technology for better productivity and quality, exclusive SME department in Maharashtra State as
well as guidance to Start-ups, Young and Women Entrepreneurs for converting their business ideas into profitable
venture and commercialization of inventions & innovations.

Founder of following organisations:

SME Chamber of India (Small and Medium Business Development Chamber of India)

Marathi Chamber of Business and Industries

SME Business Management Institute

India International Trade Centre (Investment and Trade Promotion Organisation – recognised and supported by Government of India and Government of Maharashtra)

SME Export Promotion Council

Start-Ups Council of India

Maharashtra Industrial and Economic Development Association (MIEDA)

Packaging Industry Association of India (PIAI)

SMEtalks Platform

SMECoach Platform

SME Technology Development Centre

SME Connect – Magazine (Registered)

India – US SME Business Council

Europe - India SME Business Council

India – GCC SME Business Council

India – Japan SME Business Council

India - China Business Council

India – Canada SME Business Council

India - UK SME Business Council

Contribution:

Member of RBI Governor’s Pre-Monetary Policy Review Committee from 2009.

Perusing with various State governments for providing industrial land at concessional rate for SMEs.

Perusing with Ministry of finance and Reserve bank of India to change definition of NPA and providing financial assistance at lowest rate of interest to SMEs.

Suggestions to central and various state government departments for considering special support and exemption to SME sector in ease of doing business process and formalities.

Recommendation for the financial support for SME sector for participating in international exhibitions through Canara bank and launched this facility on 16th September 2014 at Mumbai in the presence of Hon’ble Union Minister for Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises.

Recommendation and instrumental for setting up SME Stock Exchange during the tenure of Mr C B Bhave, as the Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in 2010.

Recommendation and instrumental for setting up National Skill Development Corporation with Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning commission of India in 2009.

Recommended to the Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hon’ble Prime Minister in 2002 for Policy change and definition of Small Scale Industrial sector and to create new MSME Act.

Being a Chairman of Law & Order of “Federation of Association of Maharashtra”, took the initiative to improve deteriorated law and order situation of Mumbai and organised confidence building activities amongst businessmen, industrialist and traders on 17th November, 1998.

Active involvement in organising “Advantage Maharashtra” the first ever investment event along with Government of Maharashtra in 1996 at Mumbai.

Mr Salunkhe has contributed as the member on various Government Committees, Study Groups, Sub-Committees and Panels to give inputs on Industry, Finance and SME Sector.

Mr Chandrakant Salunkhe has founded Macro Group of Companies in 1991 at Mumbai which is involved in Manufacturing Packaging Machines & Equipments, Distributorship and Marketing of Capital Goods, Industrial Products and providing support to the industries from Food Processing, Pharmaceutical, Healthcare, FMCG and allied processing sectors for setting / transforming / developing packaging unit, upgradation of technology, development of processing system as well as IT enabled services, International Marketing and Promotional activities.

Founder of Macro Group of Companies:

Salunkhe Packaging Pvt. Ltd.

Salunkhe Exports Pvt. Ltd

Macro Corporate Services Pvt. Ltd.

Geoptech Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Bricks Marketing and Promotion Pvt. Ltd.

Macro Events & Exhibitions Pvt. Ltd.

Government of India

Government of Maharashtra

INDIA INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTRE (IITC-INDIA) has been putting efforts for the promotion of
international trade, bilateral business, Inward & Outward investments in India and other
countries for the last 15 years.